Christian unity Archives

Pope urges Catholics and Evangelicals to continue working for unity

Jun 11, 2021

Christians together can change the world. That was the message Pope Francis gave Wednesday to Catholic leaders, evangelical and pentecostal pastors gathered for this year’s John 17 retreat, encouraging them to continue on a path of unity.

By John Lavenburg

Amid intense division in U.S., God calls us to love, says Arizona bishop

Jan 30, 2021

In a time of intense division in the country, the Gospel calls us to love, Auxiliary Bishop Eduardo A. Nevares of Phoenix said in a virtual reflection for the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity Jan. 18-25.

By Tony Gutierrez

Answer for a divided nation isn’t a divided church, panel says

Jan 16, 2021

10 days removed from an attempted siege of the Capitol building, as tensions continue to run high across the country, Rev. Eugene Cho makes it clear: “the answer to a divided nation is not a divided church and that’s what we’re seeing.”

By John Lavenburg

Unity is first sign of true Christian witness, pope says

Jun 12, 2019

The Catholic Church gives an authentic witness of God’s love for all men and women only when it fosters the grace of unity and communion, Pope Francis said.

By Junno Arocho Esteves

German bishop calls for Christian unity at Corpus Christi procession

Jun 3, 2018

The bishop of the Diocese of Essen, Germany, voiced support for allowing a Protestant married to a Catholic to receive Communion during his diocese’s annual Corpus Christi procession May 31.

By Zita Ballinger Fletcher

Russian Orthodox head says religion key to beating terrorism, deputy is skeptical on unity

May 2, 2018

Patriarch Kirill of the Russian Orthodox Church says only religion can overcome terrorism, but his top deputy is skeptical about unity between Catholic and Orthodox Christians.

By Inés San Martín

God-given sexual identity has inherent beauty, dignity, say faith leaders

Dec 16, 2017

In an open letter Dec. 15, a group of 20 Catholic bishops and other religious leaders described as “deeply troubling” the movement today “to enforce the false idea — that a man can be or become a woman or vice versa.”

By Catholic News Service

When Americans tried – and failed – to reunite Christianity

Nov 8, 2017

By 1900, atheists and agnostics were becoming more prominent in the United States. Anxious Protestant religious leaders started to argue in favor of a united Christianity to stop the spread of these ideas. For this group, unity meant more than cooperation or mutual understanding. It meant the actual reunion of Protestantism and Catholicism.

By David Mislin